Combile retrieve query laravel 5

i have 3 query like this

first Photos::where('approve',1)->orderBy('created_at','desc')->take(2)->get();
second Photos::where('approve',1)->orderBy('created_at','asc')->take(2)->get();
last Photos::where('approve',0)->orderBy('created_at','desc')->take(2)->get();

how i join this into one query.. in implementation i want to create news online which have many feature so i want try to create many query but some of my friend said that maximun query to get high peformance is 4 query / page

via Chebli Mohamed